Sr. FP&A Analyst at Danbury Mission Technologies in Danbury, Connecticut

Job Description:

Come join a company where what you do makes a difference.  For over 50 years, Danbury Mission Technologies, located in Danbury, CT has forged groundbreaking technologies that have pushed the limits of physics, engineered the impossible, and provided actionable intelligence to keep our Armed Forces and nation safe.  We are dedicated to helping you grow your career by using all your talents, insights, and experiences in a welcoming team environment. Bring your passion, commitment and curiosity and come grow with us as together we work to make our world a safer place. We have a fantastic opportunity for a Senior FP&A Analyst. 

Position Overview:

The Senior FP&A Analyst will be primarily responsible for analyzing and reporting the consolidated forecast, budget, and actual cash flow package to senior management. The ideal candidate will become involved in global cash flow planning and analysis, supporting executive level presentations, supporting M&A analysis, cash and treasury forecasting to include covenant analysis and performing ad hoc projects. This position provides a candidate the unique opportunity to become a key member in an exciting blue-chip private equity backed firm focused on the Defense and National Security community.

Specific Requirements:

• Oversee FP&A operations of the organization and its subsidiaries in a hands-on manner


• Lead all reporting requirements including monthly close, monthly forecasts, annual and long-range plans including production and maintenance of forecast for key performance indicators (KPI’s) including spend and resource requirements for business groups


• Consolidation of multiple business units


• Work with Business Unit heads to build their annual budgets and forecasts


• Produce models to project long term growth and determine the impacting business factors


• Delivery of competitor analysis, market trends and associated commentary to the Leadership team


• Analyze financial and operational results to better understand company performance


• Communicate to senior management the reasons behind the product/department performance and results


• Providing detailed analysis and commentary on cost and spending centers


• Review operations and recommend new productivity or cost saving initiatives


• Preparing business cases to support new investment, strategic and other business decisions


• Evaluate previous budgets, expenditures to develop and implement future budgets


• Communicating results and recommendations to senior management for improvements that will lead to cost reduction, revenue generation and streamlining operations


• Partner with the local finance teams to improve liquidity, over deliver budget targets, and actively manage working capital


• Lead efforts to monitor liquidity and provide variance analysis for changes in cash balance versus weekly forecast


• Manage capital spending analysis and estimates across the organization


• Support and work closely with project finance and proposals to ensure proper maintenance of incurred and program costs/profits as well as required support in bids and proposals


• Work with senior management on actively managing the M&A pipeline and elements of the execution to include required financial analysis


• ERP/CPM (Corporate Performance Management; OneStream) integration and oversight

Education Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, economics, or engineering


• MBA (Master of Business Administration) preferred

Experience Required:

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, applied business statistics, and strong modeling experience


• 5+ years with relevant analytical and commercial experience


• Experience acting as a finance subject matter expert in the optimization of various enterprise resource planning (ERP) business tools and applications


• Experience with a CPM tool such as OneStream


• Knowledge of reporting, visualization, intelligence and analysis tools


• Strong presentation skills with the ability to regularly interface with executive management


• Strong leadership skills, high level of responsibility and ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast-pace environment


• Experience with presenting analytical results in verbal and written form across a multi-disciplinary organization


• Ability to frame unstructured and complex analytical problems to a broad audience


• Able to solve complex problems


• Excellent communication skills with ability to build relationships


• Strong influencing and interpersonal skills


• Occasional long hours and/or weekend work required

Collaborating with world class experts, you will have the opportunity to develop innovative solutions in fulfillment of our customers’ requirements.  We believe in our mission, and we believe in supporting our employees.  We offer policies and programs that provide opportunities for continual learning, career growth and work/life balance along with a full suite of health and welfare benefits. 

Due to contract requirements, US citizenship is required. Additionally, if you are a dual citizen (a citizen of the US and another country), the Company must obtain approval for you to have access to the information required for this position. You will not be able to begin employment until such approval is obtained and this may take several months.  

The position also requires the ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Security Clearance. For your information, here is the form the government requires to begin the process of obtaining a clearance: https://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf 

Per company policy, all newly hired employees must be fully vaccinated prior to beginning employment and must provide proof of full vaccination.  Federal guidance allows for disability/medical and religious accommodations with respect to the vaccine requirement. Any requested accommodations must be reviewed and approved (if applicable) prior to beginning employment.    

Danbury Mission Technologies is An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, age or any other federally protected class.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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